AN 1.188–197Chapter One
Pāli / Sanskrit:Paṭhamavagga
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Numbered Discourses 1 Chapter One
“The foremost of my monk disciples in long standing is Koṇḍañña Who Understood. … with great wisdom is Sāriputta. … with psychic power is Mahāmoggallāna. … who advocate austerities is Mahākassapa. … with clairvoyance is Anuruddha. … from eminent families is Bhaddiya son of Kāḷīgodhā. … with a charming voice is Bhaddiya the Dwarf. … with a lion’s roar is Bhāradvāja the Alms-Gatherer. … who speak on the teaching is Puṇṇa son of Mantāṇī. … who explain in detail the meaning of a brief statement is Mahākaccāna.”
The “…” is an abbreviation carried over from the Pāli original itself, called peyyāla. The early canon was memorized and recited, so passages repeated verbatim from a preceding discourse were commonly contracted to an elision mark rather than written out in full. Venerable Thích Minh Châu's translation preserves this convention. Some texts therefore look short — but that is the canonical form, not missing content or a truncated translation. The elided passages can be read in full in the preceding discourses of the same chapter.
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